There is a video of a master embroiderer named Pancho Martinez who works with a designer named Manuel. I first saw this video when someone posted a link on Celtic Flame a couple of years ago, and it was posted again today on a different sewing board. What this man does free hand with an incredibly fast machine is rather mind-blowing. Literally gives me the willies watching his fingers get so close to the needle. This link takes you to a page where you can click to see the video.

Puts all of us to shame, methinks.

This video from youtube is along the same lines except I cannot see that this embroiderer is following any drawn pattern. Again, simply amazing!